ALVIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 55-room La Quinta Inn & Suites Hotel in Alvin, located south of Houston. The Wyndham-branded property was built on 1.4 acres in 2009 and offers a pool, fitness center, business center and onsite laundry facilities. Andrew Frosch and Joseph Manuel of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction. Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as supporting brokers.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — General contractor Strike Construction has signed a 43,230-square-foot office lease at Wildwood Corporate Centre in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The two-building, 330,000-square-foot complex was built in phases between 2014 and 2016 and offers a fitness center and conference facilities. Steve Rocher and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GeoSouthern Budde Road LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jon Silberman of Partners represented the tenant. Wildwood Corporate Centre is now fully leased.
HURST, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a 12,000-square-foot industrial flex lease at 10728 S. Pipeline Road in Hurst. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 1.3 acres in 1964. Jason Finch and Michael Spain of Bradford represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Euless Industrial LLC, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, Mid-Cities Classics Inc., a provider of automotive repair and restoration services, was not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO — Newmark has arranged the sale of Gardens at West, a 252-unit apartment community in San Antonio. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1995 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 664 to 1,269 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse, dog park and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Matt Michelson and Patton Jones of Newmark represented the seller, Regional Investment & Management, in the transaction. The buyer, locally based development and investment firm Embrey, will implement a value-add program and rebrand the property as The Hayden on West Avenue.
SPRING, TEXAS — A joint venture between Braintree Properties and Cadence McShane is underway on construction of Aviva Terranova Independent Senior Living Community in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. Plans call for a 140,000-square-foot campus comprising four-story, wood-framed structures housing 163 independent living units. Additional features will include a fitness center, pool, theater, library, cybercafé and a parking garage with 215 parking spaces. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2023. Integral Senior Living will operate the property.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Locally based firm Pisula Development has completed Vision Park Medical Office Building, a 56,100-square-foot healthcare project in Shenandoah, about 40 miles north of Houston. The three-story building, which carried a price tag of $15.1 million, sits on 3.2 acres and includes 234 parking spaces. The building is currently 80 percent leased to tenants such as Woodlands Center for Specialty Surgery and Physicians Group of The Woodlands.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Bissonnet Beltway Plaza, a 29,205-square-foot retail property in southwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 5.6 acres in 1978. Alex Wolansky and Gus Lagos of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
DALLAS — Immersive Gamebox, a British entertainment concept centered on interactive digital gaming, will open a new venue at 2525 Elm St. in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas. Immersive Gamebox, which also has locations in San Antonio, The Woodlands and at the 433-acre Grandscape mixed-use development in metro Dallas, expects to open the Deep Ellum facility before the end of the month.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Wilson Capital, an Austin-based real estate development firm, has unveiled plans for Wilson Towers, an 80-story apartment building in Austin. Totaling 450 residential units and rising 1,035 feet, the development would become the tallest building in Texas upon completion. The property is located at 410 E. Fifth St. in the heart of Austin’s downtown. It is less than a block from the MetroRail Downtown station, three blocks from the Congress Avenue retail and restaurant district, and six blocks from the Texas State Capitol building. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer. According to local real estate publication Towers, the project is a massive expansion upon previously released redevelopment plans for the site of Avenue Lofts, a 38-unit condominium property. Wilson Capital acquired the property via a negotiated buyout of the condos early this year. The record-breaking redevelopment plan would position Wilson Tower to rise 13 feet taller than the Waterline project located just a few blocks away, reports Towers. The property will feature residences ranging from studios to four-bedroom penthouses. Wilson Tower will also offer four floors of amenities for residents such as a cocktail lounge, movie theater, pool deck and an entire floor dedicated to pet …
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Project Destined: Training a New and Diverse Generation for Real Estate Careers
For the better part of the last two decades, billions of dollars have poured into underserved neighborhoods across the U.S. as corporations, millennials and real estate investors rediscovered downtowns and other urban districts. But to former Carlyle Group executive Cedric Bobo and real estate entrepreneur Fred Greene, young people who grew up in the neighborhoods were often excluded from playing a role in the transitions. To remedy that problem, in 2016 they began training 15 Detroit high school students in real estate fundamentals and invested $150,000 to buy two properties with the idea of using the cash flow to fund scholarships. Soon after, Bobo and Greene officially launched Project Destined, an endeavor to effect social change in the commercial real estate industry by providing college students with financial literacy, entrepreneurship and real estate training. “Cedric found that there was a real need for diverse talent in commercial real estate but that it was hard for companies to find it,” reports Cristina Ciacciarelli, a junior at Burach College in New York City who completed the program in 2021 and now heads up corporate partnerships for Project Destined. “It was also hard for the companies to sell themselves to diverse talent even …